CVE-2021-33335 — Incorrect Authorization in Portal

CWE-863 — Incorrect AuthorizationCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Liferay PortalLiferay Digital Experience Platform
Timeline
PublishedAug 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote authenticated users with permission to update/edit users to take over a company administrator user account by editing the company administrator user.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDliferay/liferay_portal7.0.3 — 7.3.5

Patches

Patch: issues.liferay.com ↗Patch: issues.liferay.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Has Company Administrator Accounts Vulnerable to Takeovers↗2022-05-24
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OSV
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Has Company Administrator Accounts Vulnerable to Takeovers↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-33335: Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7↗2021-08-03
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